Life Sciences & Biotechnology
Title: | Natural fermentative non-alcoholic beverage enriched with vitamin B12 by fermentation |
Area: | Life Sciences & Biotechnology |
Focus Area: | Frugal Innovation, Food and Nutrition |
Status: | Proof of Concept established |
Patent: | Filed |
Social Benefits: | The product reduces the vitamin B12 burden on society, and the venture creates rural employment. |
Developing Agency: | Kamireddy Agro Foods Pvt Ltd (process of registration), Mysore, Karnataka |
Technology Readiness Index: | TRL 4 |
Source Title: | Data sourced from Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) |
Brief Description
Description : | The project involves screening the Propionibacterium freudenreichii bacterium from milk and milk-based products, characterizing the organism, and using it to ferment fruit juices like cashew apple and pineapple, along with other bacteria like acetobacter. The result is a beverage containing 1.2 ug of vitamin B12 in one serving. |
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